#RetroRadio X-MINUS ONE (1955): “NO CONTACT” (a.k.a. “Space Blues”) #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE: This week’s Retro Radio Sunday is the first episode X-Minus One ever aired - a story called “No Contact” – also known as “Space Blues”, written by George Lefferts, originally aired April 24, 1955.
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| 0:00.0 | Eu A D E |
| 0:07.2 | despite my interactions with online |
| 0:09.1 | Excuse me kidding |
| 0:13.6 | I wonder if I can copy a report |
| 0:16.5 | A PTA |
| 0:18.4 | Ok |
| 0:20.2 | Ouais |
| 0:21.7 | Eh okay |
| 0:24.7 | Wait |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome Weirdos, I'm Terwin Mourler and this is Retro Radio Sunday on Weird Darkness. |
| 0:50.7 | Each week I bring you a show from the Golden Age of Radio but still in the genre of Weird |
| 0:55.2 | Darkness. I'll have stories of the Macabre and Horner, Mysteries and Crime and even some |
| 1:00.8 | dark science fiction. If you're new here, welcome to the show and be sure to subscribe |
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| 1:17.6 | If you're here because you're already a fan of Dostologic Audio and Print, you'll |
| 1:21.5 | want to email WeirdDarknessAtRadioArchives.com. When you do that, you'll get an instant |
| 1:27.6 | reply with links to download full length pulp audio books, pulp e-books and old time radio |
| 1:33.6 | shows for free. That's WeirdDarknessAtRadioArchives.com. |
| 1:39.9 | Coming up, it's an episode from X-1. X-1 was a half hour science fiction radio series |
| 1:46.1 | broadcast from April 24, 1955 to January 9, 1958 in various times lots on NBC. |
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